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Which comic storylines could benefit from a remake?
Nowadays, Hollywood is obsessed with remakes. All of your favorite films are being retooled, remade, and rebooted. Some stories are getting a facelift before they even have a chance to exist as fond memories. The film is barely dry before the same movie is being remade with a new, hip, young cast. No studio seems willing to invest capital on a new idea, so they keep falling back to what they see as proven ones. And, even though everyone groans in the theater when the trailer for yet another remake starts to play, people line up to watch them. The box office doesn’t lie.
So, with both major comic book publishers being owned and backed by a major movie studio, DC by Warner Bros. and Marvel by Disney (once the ink dries), how soon will it be before this trend makes its way to the funny pages? Hopefully, never. Just like we don’t need a new Robocop, Highlander, or every horror movie from the 80s, we don’t need rehashes of classic graphic novels and seminal comic book runs. Originality and new storylines are what keep us coming back to the comic shop week after week.
But, for the sake of argument and debate, should the “Big Two” decide to go back and “reboot” some classic storylines from days past, which ones should be remade, and what creative team should helm the ship that retreads old water?
Here is the Top Five, in no particular order. You’ll notice that “Watchmen” isn’t on the list for fear that Alan Moore might accidentally find out it was even suggested. His Voodoo Powers can cross oceans.
The Death and Return of Superman
Green Lantern: Emerald Twilight
Secret Wars
Spider-Man: Kraven’s Last Hunt
X-Men: Days of Future Past
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